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Re: CHAT: EU allumettes (was: Re: THEORY/CHAT: Talmy, Jackendoff and Matchboxes

From:Tommie L Powell <tommiepowell@...>
Date:Monday, May 3, 2004, 19:03
And Rosta wrote:

> Politically, of course. But not linguistically. I think it is > instructive to realize that a language that has the > expressive capabilities of a natlang but that is > unambiguous is linguistically achievable.
Actually, there are some natlangs that are very nearly impossible to make ambiguous statements in (without violating mandatory rules of grammar). Czech is one -- so the Czechs have become adept at sneaking ambiguity into sentences by slurring key words (so that listeners can imagine that something else is being said)!

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Mark P. Line <mark@...>
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